Autonomous formation switching for multiple, mobile robots

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 117-122

  Axelsson, Henrik ^a   Muhammad, Abubakr ^a   Egerstedt, Magnus ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinated control; Hybrid systems; Mobile robots

Indexed keywords

HYBRID SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

CO-ORDINATED CONTROL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MULTI AGENT; REACTIVE BEHAVIOR; STEEPEST DESCENT ALGORITHM; TARGET LOCATION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 85062968691     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)36417-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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